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Elmer Jackson Kelley

Elmer Jackson Kelley

Mr. Elmer Jackson Kelley, age 91, husband of Susie Kelley, and a resident of Jones Valley Road in the Water Valley Community, passed away on Wednesday,at Life Care Center of Columbia.

Funeral services were held on Friday at 3:00pm in the chapel of Heritage Funeral Home with Mike Williams officiating. Burial followed in the Santa Fe Cemetery.

A native of Maury County, Elmer J. was born on October 9, 1922 and was the son of the late Robert and Ethel Stuard Kelley. He retired as a welder for Occidental Chemical Company and was a member of Water Valley Church of Christ. Before his health failed him, he enjoyed fishing, wood working, bird watching, and gardening. He and his wife maintained a one acre garden. He was an outdoorsman and a busy man who you could rarely find sitting around unless he had someone to talk to.

Along with his loving wife, Sue, of 69 years, Elmer is survived by his son: Jimmy Kelley; daughter: Barbara Gayle Liner; sister: Louise Beasley; grandchildren:

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